We proudly present the headline event of the Tees Valley International Film Festival: An Evening with Mark Benton and Stephen Tompkinson.

Hosted by Middlesbrough’s Lucia Rovardi, the main body of the show will see Middlesbrough’s Mark Benton (Early Doors, Waterloo Road, Shakespeare and Hathaway) and Stockton-born Stephen Tompkinson (DCI Banks, Brassed Off, Wild At Heart) discuss their illustrious careers, the many legendary characters they encountered along the way and the challenges they overcame in their journey from the streets of Teesside to the heights of British film and TV.

The event also includes the final of the TVIFF Monologue Competition, in which four local actors, having been chosen from the heats which run over the first three days of the festival, return to perform their two-minute monologues on stage, the winner being decided by Mark and Stephen.

The ceremony features the presentation of awards to the winning filmmakers who’ve had their short films screened over the course of the bustling four-day event and will then conclude with another VIP guest led surprise!